Verulamium was the third town destroyed in the revolt, after Camulodunum and Londinium. As the civitas capital of the Catuvellauni — who were seen as Roman collaborators — it was targeted by the Iceni-led forces. Tacitus records that Suetonius Paulinus abandoned the town to its fate, being unable to garrison it on his retreat northward. Archaeological evidence shows a thick fire horizon dating to this period. The town was subsequently rebuilt on a larger scale.
Tacitus groups Verulamium with other towns, estimating 70,000 killed across all three sacked cities
Boudiccan coalition: Iceni, Trinovantes and allied tribes; town population largely Catuvellauni civilians
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